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Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Ukraine - send in the clowns

John Kerry - verbose and incoherent tit at the best of times, off to Kiev to save the day; President Barack
Obama states that "no country has a right to send in troops to another
country unprovoked." - kettle, pot; a Downing Street aide unintentionally reveals the approach of the UK Government to the Russian action in Ukraine by leaving his notes visible to the long lenses of press photographers - apparently we're not going to do anything but talk tough in "generic" terms. With this shower, is it any wonder that Putin thinks he can act with impunity.

About Me

My name is David Williams and I live in Washington in the North East of England. These are my blogs on Russia, The Russia House movie and Newcastle (the city not the football club). I became interested in Russia during the mid- eighties when I was learning about the russian revolution at school, although it wasn't until I visited the place that my interest became quite so serious. In 1988, I went to Russia for the first time when it was still the Soviet Union and I have been back four times since then: 1989, 1993, 2002 and 2003. As I write this, I can't believe it's been so long since my last trip! Although all my trips have included Moscow I have also visited St Petersburg and the Golden Ring cities of Vladimir and Suzdal.